Automation library · Chat assistants

Telegram AI assistant with Google Sheets

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It puts Azure OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 15 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Azure OpenAIRetrieval

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 3Logic 3Service 7

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1AzureLm Chat Azure Open AiModel
  2. 2Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3TelegramTelegram triggerStarts it
  4. 4MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  5. 5AgentAgentModel
  6. 6Get row(s) in sheet1Google SheetsService
  7. 7Append or update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  8. 8Agent AnswerTelegramService
  9. 9Update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  10. 10Get row(s) in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  11. 11CodeCodeLogic
  12. 12Append or update row in sheet1Google SheetsService
  13. 13SwitchSwitchLogic
  14. 14No OperationNo OpLogic
  15. 15Limit MessageTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
15, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Telegram
Model
Azure OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Telegram accounts, and a key for Azure OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Azure OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.